2007-06-20 03:47:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
had its roots in the CBS radio quiz show, Take It or Leave It, which ran from April 21, 1940, to July 27, 1947, hosted first by Bob Hawk (1940-41) and then by Phil Baker (1941-47). In 1947, the series switched to NBC, hosted at various times by Baker, Garry Moore (1947-49), Eddie Cantor (1949-50) and Jack Paar (beginning June 11, 1950. On September 10, 1950, Take It or Leave It changed its title to The $64 Question. Paar continued as host, followed by Baker (March 1951-December 1951) and Paar (back on December 1951). The series continued on NBC Radio until June 1, 1952.
On both Take It or Leave It and The $64 Question, contestants were asked questions devised by the series' writer-researcher Edith Oliver. She attempted to make each question slightly more difficult than the preceding one. After answering a question correctly, the contestant had the choice to "take" the prize for that question or "leave it" in favor of a chance at the next question. The first question was worth one dollar, and the value doubled for each successive question, up to the seventh and final question, worth 64 United States dollars.
During the 1940s, "That's the $64 question" became a common catch phrase for a particularly difficult question or problem. In addition to the common phrase, "Take it or leave it," the show also popularized another phrase, widely spoken in the 1940s as a taunt but now mostly forgotten (except in Warner Brothers cartoons). Chanted in unison by the entire audience when someone chose to risk their winnings by going for the $64 prize, it was vocalized with a rising inflection: "You'll be sorrr-REEEE
Than they had the game show $64000 question and I guess with inflation it is now 64 million dollar question
2007-06-20 05:38:43 · answer #1 · answered by ♫Rock'n'Rob♫ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
About 40 years ago there was a TV game show called "The 64 Thousand Dollar Question." The "thousand" became "million" with time and inflation, although the show no longer existed.
2007-06-20 03:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 64 thousand question was a TV show.
It turned out to be fixed.
It was removed from the air.
64 million dollar question must account for inflation.
2007-06-20 09:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by Papa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-24 12:50:51 · answer #4 · answered by Nickolas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously someone got 64 million dollars for answering a question correctly.
2007-06-20 03:55:17 · answer #5 · answered by Musicman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know the $64,000 question, it is a popular American TV game in the 50's of the last century, but it is nice to ask cuz for the $64,000,000 i never heard abt it.
2007-06-20 07:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by fuzzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
64,000 dollar question was a game show...
2007-06-20 03:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by Lefty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a game show...
2007-06-20 09:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by Mee~mOe~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
prize show
2007-06-20 05:52:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋